The details of management

As the owner to keep the motivation up to the end of the project? Hi. As promised, we are starting a series of articles about management. How to manage the project, hire and fire employees, what management styles are the coolest, how to motivate yourself and staff. And thousands more questions about how to make a profit and joy from what you do.

Today I answer the question: “How can the owner keep the motivation up to the end of the project?”. I’m overclocking and I jumped in the hammock strung between two juicy and tall coconut trees, right on the ocean in Thailand.

Yesterday I hired a new top Manager in her company for a record high for money. I was so happy, so nice, because the project already was fed up and had no motivation to do it. At first it seemed that it’s just a great idea to hire a professional Manager. Now I could Wake up at 10 am instead of 7, safely go on the bike for a fresh coconut and not to worry that the team will be without a leader.

It lasted six months, until such time as I honestly was not admitted that my fall through the floor motivation completely killed the morale in the team of 12 employees. Then I realized that we need to do something. But it was too late, people are disappointed in what we do.

I’m sure you faced a drop of motivation in your project repeatedly. And the question “What to do, Hey?” arose repeatedly.

In the typology of Isaac Adizes is a great example of the people he calls Arsonists. These are such, who at the start are actively working to launch the company, generate it first profit, but then, when is new enough and need to work on turnover, blown away. So, top 5 tips on what to do if the motivation to engage in the project was gone.

Remember why you started this project

For several years businesses I clearly realized one thing: if you want to keep the motivation in the work of the project, you need to keep on hand a paper which will be written, why I do it.

Therefore, when issued on such days, when “need” and “not wants”, I sit down and reread what I decided to do what you do. Just record in a separate text file, the whole truth, you need (and need now) to this project. Awesome helps.

Organize the maximum business for 3 months

One of the classiest ways to light themselves in business is to see how you get out of it (not without irony, right?). To rebuild the company to a level to make it work without your intervention – not so difficult.

Write down all the business processes that occur in the project (as sales occur, how to support the client how to control employees). Give assignments to describe step by step, check lists, how is the work for each process. If you have a small (and even medium) for 3 months being finished in a rush, it is possible to cope with this problem.

Consider how you can apply their core competencies in this project

One of my colleagues, with a strong system mindset, trying to build a business like popular trainers in the field of startups.

Like, start to travel to all the conferences, personally with three dozen potential customers and will find the first orders. The fact that people system mind often are introverted and generally the extra time to stick your neck out don’t like.

In this case it is better to present the beautiful metaphor through which to conduct their business. With this colleague, we figured out what his business may be a cool racing car that you want to collect.

To collect it you need the details (the business process) and this project has a specific beginning and a specific end. It is not necessary to do it forever, just build it using its key competence to the point that he could function without you. And that’s all.

Create a parallel project

Surprisingly, in 9 of 10 cases of owners holding in the project, only that he feeds them.

So what’s the problem, just create a parallel project, the enthusiasm to grow it down to plus minus the same profit and get rid of the old. Often we hold on to old projects only because they generate money. But what if another project can you provide?

Be honest, any project will get tired sooner or later

On my watch it was midnight, and the calm and methodical voice from Skype repeated in my headphones one and the same.

Maxim, it is not necessary to amuse itself illusions that you’ll always motivate to work on our project. I breathed and languid voice said, “Well, this is will be the eternal pursuit of the new…” Do not worry. responded quickly. Just preload you need to rebuild it for a year and move on. I’ll think about it. I replied. Passed one year before I took in my essence. The essence of startups.

After a dozen projects over the past few years, I know exactly the lifetime of his interests six months. Plus or minus 3 months. Moreover, the curve of this interest at its peak in the first month and then began his decline. The biggest problem in this motivation of owners – it is an illusion that you have to be different. You must be wondering all the time that need extra little bit to motivate them, and everything will be in chocolate.

No, it is not so. Just accept in yourself that motivation over time. Create and advance in your business space where you can start something new.